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See a coyote in the Lower Mainland? Help it out by scaring it away

A conservation group says coyotes will soon become more active as they establish dens and birth their pups. And due to the cold winter, their normal food might be more difficult to come by. That could lead to more conflicts with humans.

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'We want to just remind them that they should be afraid of us,' conservationist says

He says in urban areas, coyotes make their homes anywhere they can avoid humans: parks, green spaces, ravines, golf courses, cemeteries and even vacant properties or parts of properties infrequently visited by humans.

Apart from actually seeing coyotes on their property, the presence of a coyote den can be detected by the sound of howling and the presence of scat the animals leave to mark territory.